Jacek Dehnel was born in 1980. He is the author of five books of poems; two collections of short stories (Kolekcja, 1999, and Rynek w Smyrnie, 2007); a cycle of four novellas (Balzakiana, 2008); a collection of short prose pieces about old photos (Fotoplastikon, 2009); and two novels (Lala, 2006, and Saturn, 2011). His awards include the 2005 Koscielski Foundation Literary Award in 2005 and the 2006 Paszport Polityki, and he was nominated for the 2007 Angelus and the 2009 and 2010 Nike awards. He writes columns for Wirtualna Polska and Polityka and has translated the poetry of Philip Larkin, George Szirtes, Carl Sandburg, and others.

Benjamin Paloff grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and was educated at Harvard (BA, MA, PhD) and at the University of Michigan (MFA), where he now teaches. He is the author of The Politics, a collection of poems, and has translated several books from Polish, including the forthcoming Lodgings: Selected Poems of Andrzej Sosnowski. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulbright Program, he is a poetry editor at the Boston Review.

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Words Without Borders opens doors to international exchange through translation, publication, and promotion of the best international literature. Every month we publish select prose and poetry on our site. In addition we develop print anthologies, work with educators to bring literature in translation into classrooms, host events with foreign authors, and maintain an extensive archive of global writing.read more »